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February 1979 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 11 Feb. Full moon: 12 Feb. New moon: 27 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 1979 month 1 into 1979 month 2 · Yin Earth Goat 己未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Tiger · 丙寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 18:12:18 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 14:13:13 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 February 1979 closes lunar 1979 month 1; lunar 1979 month 2 begins 27 February 1979.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1979
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
February 1979 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/5己亥Earth Pig21/6庚子Metal Rat31/7辛丑Metal Ox1/8壬寅Water TigerBeginning of Spring51/9癸卯Water Rabbit61/10甲辰Wood Dragon71/11乙巳Wood Snake81/12丙午Fire Horse91/13丁未Fire Goat101/14戊申Earth Monkey1/15己酉Earth RoosterLunar mid-month121/16庚戌Metal Dog131/17辛亥Metal Pig141/18壬子Water Rat151/19癸丑Water Ox161/20甲寅Wood Tiger171/21乙卯Wood Rabbit1/22丙辰Fire Dragon191/23丁巳Fire SnakeRain Water201/24戊午Earth Horse211/25己未Earth Goat221/26庚申Metal Monkey231/27辛酉Metal Rooster241/28壬戌Water Dog1/29癸亥Water Pig261/30甲子Wood Rat272/1乙丑Wood OxLunar month opens282/2丙寅Fire TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1979 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
Boundaries & marked days
What happens in February 1979
- 27 February 1979 — lunar 1979 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1979 month 2 opens.
- 4 February 1979 at 18:12:18 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 1979 at 14:13:13 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 February 1979 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 February 1979 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 11 February 1979 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.